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Marquis de Lafayette (view source)
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After returning to war zone, Lafayette was immediately faced with defending [[Richmond, Virgina|Richmond]], [[Virginia]] from [[Benedict Arnold]]. After days of skirmishing, Arnold and [[Charles Cornwallis]] crossed paths and effected a juncture of their units. Now outnumbered, Lafayette was forced to retreat - relying on General [[Anthony Wayne]] to catch up with him and the pursuing Cornwallis. On June 4, 1781 the juncture between Lafayette's and Wayne's army was made, and the now outnumbered Cornwallis was forced to retreat, only to be cut off by Lafayette on September 7, 1781. In [[Yorktown, Virginia|Yorktown]], Virginia, the combined forces of what was now Washington's, Lafayette's, Wayne's and [[Friedrich von Steuben]]'s armies forced Cornwallis to surrender.<ref name="virt" />
After returning to war zone, Lafayette was immediately faced with defending [[Richmond, Virgina|Richmond]], [[Virginia]] from [[Benedict Arnold]]. After days of skirmishing, Arnold and [[Charles Cornwallis]] crossed paths and effected a juncture of their units. Now outnumbered, Lafayette was forced to retreat - relying on General [[Anthony Wayne]] to catch up with him and the pursuing Cornwallis. On June 4, 1781 the juncture between Lafayette's and Wayne's army was made, and the now outnumbered Cornwallis was forced to retreat, only to be cut off by Lafayette on September 7, 1781. In [[Yorktown, Virginia|Yorktown]], Virginia, the combined forces of what was now Washington's, Lafayette's, Wayne's and [[Friedrich von Steuben]]'s armies forced Cornwallis to surrender.<ref name="virt" />
== Return to France and French revolution ==
== Return to France and French Revolution ==
In December 1781, Lafayette returned to France and was welcomed as a hero. There he worked with Thomas Jefferson to establish trade agreements between the United States and France.
In December 1781, Lafayette returned to France and was welcomed as a hero. There he worked with Thomas Jefferson to establish trade agreements between the United States and France.